A SERENE yet serious mindset is needed when commenting on the Golkar-PDI-P (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle) meeting in Medan, North Sumatra, two weeks ago. We must be serious in the sense that we should always hope for the best, even when we worry about the implications. We can relax because ultimately politics is just a game. The Bull (PDI-P) and the Banyan Tree (Golkar) “coalition”—if the Medan meeting can be called that—is a m